Looks like the Syracuse chancellor has the right idea, considering this country is one built on rule of law: Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud today “expressed support for undocumented students” but said the school “must comply…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Federal Government Spends Too Much of Your Money
Unlike professors who haven’t read the federal budget, scholars who actually have can’t find any cuts. The Heritage Foundation hosted a panel discussion on how to improve agency performance with fiscal discipline, and two professors…
Notre Dame May Not Invite Donald Trump to Speak, Breaking Tradition Since Dwight Eisenhower
From The College Fix: Notre Dame has invited every president since Dwight Eisenhower to give its commencement address. That streak might end with President-elect Donald Trump. Student newspaper The Observer reports that Notre Dame President…
DC College Students Upset at American University Trustee for Meeting with Trump
American University college students demand that a board member trustee should be fired for meeting with President-Elect Donald Trump. Seriously?! Gary Cohn, President of Goldman Sachs, serves as the chair of the Board’s Finance and…
After Outcry, VMI Scrubs References to Giving Cadets Coloring Books to Handle Stress
From the Washington Free Beacon: The Virginia Military Institute, the first state-sponsored military college in the country founded in 1839, offers a “stress busters” program to provide students with yoga classes to “unwind and relax.”…
School Survey: 9 of 10 Educators Claim They’ve Seen a Negative Impact on Students’ Mood since Trump Won
Rethinking Schools conducted an online survey, in conjunction with the Southern Poverty Law Center, on the post-Trump school climate. Here are their findings: The results of the over 25,000 responses were frightening: Nine out of…
More Tenure Rules are Shaking Up Things at University of Wisconsin
From Inside Higher Ed: Faculty members across the University of Wisconsin System have fought — mostly unsuccessfully — a number of changes to their tenure protections since 2015, when the Wisconsin Legislature voted to strike…
Economic Professors Point Out Flaws in American Government Budgeting
If public administration majors really want to do the public a service, they would do well to look for ways to really cut the federal budget. Two economics professors spoke at the conservative think tank…
Congressmen Support Cutting Off Federal Funding to ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Universities
From The Daily Caller: Republican Texas Reps. Louie Gohmert and Brian Babin told The Daily Caller Monday they would support legislation to cut off federal funds from universities and colleges which have a stated policy of…
Flyer at St. Mary’s College Warns of Trump Supporters
Sounds like the open-minded liberals aren’t so open-minded on college campuses when it comes to politics: Flyers have appeared at Saint Mary’s College claiming that Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and their supporters “condone and encourage”…